At first they all thought I was a loony.

起初他们都以为我是个疯子。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

They all thought Shang Yang was making a joke.

他们都以为商鞅在开玩笑。

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" The jester thought for a minute and said, "Well,they are all wise men, but have different ideas about the moon.

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One year we actually had something like forty-two people signed up, and the course was much bigger, and we thought they all thought they were getting a free prize or something for signing up, there were so many of them.

有一年还真有,大概四十二个学生选了这课,那课堂大多了,当时我们觉得那些学生,是不是觉得选课能有奖励还是什么的,总之人特别多

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

So there were regular students, like all other students, but the teachers thought they were "fast spurters".

他们都是普通学生，和别的学生没有区别，但老师们以为他们有巨大潜力。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Our whole school have watched our news report and they all thought it was fantastic.

BBC: School Report Shout Out Wall

She was so good to her friends they all thought they were her best friend.

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He had shaved off his beard a long time ago, and they all thought he looked better now.

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